Dawson Car Company

Dawson 11-12

Manufacturer	Dawson Car Company
Production	1919-1921
Assembly	Clay Lane, Stoke, Coventry, England
Body style	open two-seat open four-seat coupé closed coupé
Engine	1795 cc, four-cylinder, overhead-cam
Transmission	three-speed manual
Wheelbase	105 inches (2667 mm)[1]
Length	142 inches (3607 mm)[1]
Designer	A J Dawson

Dawson Car Company was created in June 1918 by AJ Dawson, previously works manager at Hillman and designer of the 1913 Hillman Nine car and launched in 1919.

The only car made by the company was the 11-12 hp with a water-cooled, four-cylinder 1795 cc overhead camshaft engine coupled to a three-speed gearbox. It was available in four body styles, most bodied by Charlesworth, and unusually, customers could not buy a chassis only. Most were sold in Dawson Blue with black wings. Final production seems to have been in 1921 after about 65 cars were made.^[2]

The Dawson cars were expensive, the cheapest being £600 for the two-seater, and could not compete with Morris and Austin. Nearly all the components were made in-house.

In 1921 the Triumph Cycle Company Ltd. bought Dawson's premises and fittings in Clay Lane, Stoke, Coventry but no more of the 11-12 models were made.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Culshaw; Horrobin (1974). Complete Catalogue of British Cars. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-16689-2. 
2. ^ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.